AAR: 'It's simply impossible' for roads to safely, fully install PTC by the mandated deadline
Updated On: Feb 28, 2013
On February 27, 2013, the National Transportation Safety Board held a forum on positive train control (PTC), during which the major U.S. freight railroads stated that it isn't possible to meet the congressionally mandated end-of-2015 deadline to adopt the technology despite an "unrelenting commitment" to implementation, Association of American Railroads (AAR) officials said in an issued press release.
